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pu·er·ile (py

l, py

l, -

)

adj.

1. Belonging to childhood; juvenile.

2. Immature; childish. See Synonyms at young.

[Latin puerlis, from puer, child, boy; see pau-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

puer·ile·ly adv.

puer·ili·ty (-

-t

), puer·ile·ness (-

l-n

s, -

l-) n.

puerile [ˈpjʊəraɪl]

adj

1. exhibiting silliness; immature; trivial

2. of or characteristic of a child

[from Latin puerīlis childish, from puer a boy]

puerilely adv

puerility [pjʊəˈrɪlɪtɪ] n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.	1.	puerile - of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing"
	2.	puerile - displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" jejune, juvenile, adolescent immature - characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"

puerile

adjective childish, juvenile, naive, weak, silly, ridiculous, foolish, petty, trivial, irresponsible, immature, infantile, inane, babyish, jejune puerile schoolboy humour
adult, mature, responsible, sensible, grown-up

Translations

puerile [ˈpjʊəraɪl] ADJ → pueril

puerile [ˈpjʊəraɪl] adj → puéril(e)

puerile

adj → infantil

puerile [ˈpjʊəraɪl] adj → puerile, infantile

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adolescent babyish callow childish childishly childishness daft fatuous frivolous idle immature inane infantile jejune juvenile mature silly stupid Young	In 1915, debate raged about whether the Royal meeting should take place, and Colonel Henry Knollys knew the answer: "Is it unreasonable to hope that in 1915 the upper classes of men and women will forbear from assembling in their tens of thousands, say, at Ascot, peacocking in their plumes and prattling their puerilities, eating plentifully and drinking still more so, semi-intoxicated with the splendour and spangle of the gaudy scene . War, weather and the Alternative Queens by The Racing Post (London, England) Elinor recounts her resistance to "the tyrant false pride," "the puerilities of education," and "the monster custom"--which she has, in turn, "conquered," "mocked," and "defeated"--as marks of honor setting her apart from typical women of her day, but this litany of radical accomplishments is undercut by her utter slavishness to her own unrequited passion for Harleigh (189). The epistolary passions of sympathy: feeling letters in Persuasion ... by Nagle, Christopher / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal How bracing for us today, beset with simplistic puerilities about American and European civilization, is the adult and comprehensive wisdom of Cather, who, while never idealizing, keeps before our eyes the human achievement--and its religious dimension. Willa Cather's "The Professor's House" by Lyons, Donald / New Criterion	pudendum pudge pudginess pudgy Pudic Pudical pudicity Pudovkin Pudsey pudu Pue Puebla Puebla de Zaragoza Pueblo Pueblo Indians Puefellow Puer Pueraria Pueraria lobata Puerco Puerco beds puerile Puerilely Puerileness puerilism puerilities puerility puerpera puerperal puerperal fever puerperal psychosis puerperium Puerperous Puerto Cabello Puerto Rican Puerto Rico Puerto Vallarta Puet Pufendorf puff puff adder puff batter Puff bird puff of air puff out puff paste puff pastry puff piece puff sleeves puff up Puff-leg	Puente, Tito Puer Puer Puer puer- Pueraria Pueraria Pueraria lobata Pueraria lobata Pueraria lobata Pueraria montana Pueraria montana Pueraria montana Puerco Puerco beds Pueri sunt de sanguine parentum puericulture puerile puerile puerile puerile person puerilely puerilely puerilely puerileness puerileness puerileness puerilis puerilism puerilism puerilities puerility puerility puerility puerpera puerpera puerperal puerperal puerperal puerperal convulsion puerperal convulsion puerperal convulsion puerperal convulsion puerperal eclampsia puerperal eclampsia puerperal eclampsia Puerperal endometritis Puerperal endometritis Puerperal endometritis puerperal fever puerperal fever puerperal fever puerperal fever Puerperal infection Puerperal infection Puerperal infection puerperal laminitis puerperal laminitis puerperal mania puerperal mastitis puerperal metritis

In 1915, debate raged about whether the Royal meeting should take place, and Colonel Henry Knollys knew the answer: "Is it unreasonable to hope that in 1915 the upper classes of men and women will forbear from assembling in their tens of thousands, say, at Ascot, peacocking in their plumes and prattling their puerilities, eating plentifully and drinking still more so, semi-intoxicated with the splendour and spangle of the gaudy scene .

War, weather and the Alternative Queens by The Racing Post (London, England)

Elinor recounts her resistance to "the tyrant false pride," "the puerilities of education," and "the monster custom"--which she has, in turn, "conquered," "mocked," and "defeated"--as marks of honor setting her apart from typical women of her day, but this litany of radical accomplishments is undercut by her utter slavishness to her own unrequited passion for Harleigh (189).

The epistolary passions of sympathy: feeling letters in Persuasion ... by Nagle, Christopher / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal

How bracing for us today, beset with simplistic puerilities about American and European civilization, is the adult and comprehensive wisdom of Cather, who, while never idealizing, keeps before our eyes the human achievement--and its religious dimension.

Willa Cather's "The Professor's House" by Lyons, Donald / New Criterion

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